jsc2023e010199

The exposure unit for the Tanpopo-5 study is assembled under a nitrogen atmosphere for aqueous solution samples. The investigation studies the origin, transportation, and survival of life in space. Radioresistant microbes of Deionococcus radiodurans, sporophytes of the moss Physcomitrium patens, nucleotide precursors, and amino acids are exposed to the space environment for six months using the Exposed Experiment Bracket Attached on i-SEEP (ExBAS) facility. Image courtesy of the Tanpopo Team.

jsc2023e010199 (3/31/2023) --- The exposure unit for the Tanpopo-5 study is assembled under a nitrogen atmosphere for aqueous solution samples. The investigation studies the origin, transportation, and survival of life in space. Radioresistant microbes of Deionococcus radiodurans, sporophytes of the moss Physcomitrium patens, nucleotide precursors, and amino acids are exposed to the space environment for six months using the Exposed Experiment Bracket Attached on i-SEEP (ExBAS) facility. Image courtesy of the Tanpopo Team.

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